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pakkhī

masc nom sg of pakkhī (noun); masc nom pl of pakkhī (noun); masc acc pl of pakkhī (noun); masc voc sg of pakkhī (noun); …

1. bird; lit. with wings
2. winged; with wings

Built from

• pa — prefix · forth, intensifying
  Forward-and-out motion; here intensifying the noun-forming sense. Works like Greek/Latin pro- (progress).
• kkhī — root · wing
  From Indo-European *pek-; cognate with Sanskrit pakṣa (wing, side, faction — the wing as a ider or division). The geminated -kh- reflects the verb stem pakkh- (to flutter, have wings).

Etymology. From pa- (forth, forward, intensifying) + √pakkh- (wing, related to Sanskrit pakṣa

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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